ATHLETIC STRENGTH AND POWER

ASAP Podcast with Strength Coach Kim Wood April 2011

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ASAP Podcast 2011 with Coach Kim Wood (ret'd) Cincinnati Bengals 2011

 Part 1 of 3

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Just down the road from The University of Cincinnati, in the subdivision known as Clifton, is where the retired strength coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, Kim Wood, resides. Kim was the first full-time strength coach in the National Football League. Hired by the great Paul Brown, Kim helped to introduce strength training to the world of football. In today's NFL, most teams have strength "staffs." The training of multi-million dollar athletes is a big business of itself. Coach Wood was at the forefront and worked with some of the finest players that the "league" has known.  He was fortunate in that he was able to be involved in two Super Bowls... the second of which required a spectacular San Francisco 49ers comeback.... Joe Montana to Jerry Rice...and then to John Taylor with 34 seconds remaining for the go ahead touchdown.
As you make your way through the beautiful home in this historic area of Cincinnati, you'll notice strength training apparatus in practically every room of the residence. And, a separate, attached home gym that takes on a character of its own with an almost museum type atmosphere. Kim is essentially a curator of the history of strength training of strongmen and football athletes.

Presently, he's studying, researching and compiling information about neck and head injuries in football. He's also concerned with the direction of strength training for athletics and he wants to help coaches gain focus on how this important job can be done to the fullest. In fact, coming up on June 17th & 18th, 2011, Coach Kim Wood will host and direct a training clinic and seminar to directly meet that objective.

Click on the photos or the bar below for Part One of this three part podcast.

 

Kim Wood 2011 part one

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Past Podcasts with Kim Wood:

On: Performance Enhancment Drugs

2007 Kim Wood Interview with Ed Cicale

 

 

 

Part 3/3: Ted Lambrinides and Kim Wood Play HardBall in a Discussion about Steroids and Human Growth Hormone

With baseball's Roger Clemens and his personal trainer Brian McNamee dominating much of the current sports pages, ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power, takes it's stand against drug use. The podcast, recorded in Kim Wood's unique home gym, explains the hard facts about steroids and human growth hormone (HGH) by two leading authorities. Ted Lambrinides serves on the NCAA's speakers bureau and has spoken to hundreds of coaches and college athletes, as well as high school coaches and players, too about the perils of steroid use.

While some coaches "looked the other way",  Kim Wood did the opposite. He took a stand. He knew and understood the dangers of the drugs..... often citing that players who delved into steroids were also admitting that they "didn't have what it takes to be a man". Kim retired a few years ago after a 28 year career as an NFL head strength coach for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Click on the number below to listen to the podcast. There are three segments to the interview with the other two posted on previous dates. However, you can attain all three here. Listen to ASAP's podcast hosted by Ed Cicale:

    

(For the 60 Minutes interview with Roger Clemens, click on the photo of Clemons above)

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Podcast Music: "Frail Grasp of the Big Picture" Eagles; Long Road Out of Eden 2008 CD

Part Two of Three: ASAP Podcast with Ted Lambrinides and Kim Wood on The Mitchell Report

Here's Part two of the Podcast with ASAP Director Ted Lambrinides and Kim Wood. In Part Two, Ted explains about the research on Human Growth Hormone and ponders why anyone would have a personal trainer inject them with vitamin B-12. Meanwhile long time Cincinnati Bengals strength coach (retired) Kim Wood speaks out on the issue of performance enhancing drugs and how they are involved in the game today.

As the Mitchell Report and many of baseball's stars capture much of recent sports pages, ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power is there to provide a candid and upfront look at the real issues and the facts regarding human growth hormone, steroids and  ethics in sports.

Click here to  listen to Part Two. (We experienced some technical sound difficulties during the recording)

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Podcast Music: The Eagles; "Frail Grasp of the Big Picture"  Long Road Out of Eden 2007

Part One of Three:Special Guest Kim Wood with ASAP Director Ted Lambrinides discuss the problem of Steroids and Human Growth Hormone Usage in Sports

Last week, ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power podcaster Ed Cicale was able to coordinate ASAP Director Ted Lambrinides and longtime (retired) Cincinnati Bengal Strength Coach Kim Wood for a meeting and podcast from the awesome weight training gym at Kim's home in Cincinnati. The topic: Steroid Drugs/ Human Growth Hormone in Today's Sports. The discussion also delved into The Mitchell Report, former Senator George Mitchell's 20 month investigation into Major League baseball's use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (HGH).

Here's Part One: (the ASAP mobile recording studio experienced technical sound difficulties, please excuse)

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Podcast Music: "Frail Grasp of the Big Picture" Eagles; Long Road Out of Eden 2008 CD

Part Three Podcast with Strength Coach Kim Wood

Today's post includes Part Three, the final segment, of the podcast interview with Kim Wood.  Coach Wood's tips to training include "the need to be disciplined.....you have to work hard...and you have to work smart."

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Podcast Interview...Part Two with Kim Wood

Today we continue with Part Two of the ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power Podcast Interview with Strength Coach Kim Wood (part one posted on April 20th). This podcast was recorded on location in one of the many gyms within Kim's home. His home also serves as a "museum" to the history of weight training and strength training for both bodybuilding and athletics. There are hundreds of devices, bars and strength machines throughout the spacious, beautiful home not far from the University of Cincinnati. Part Two of this interview is a conversation that covers a variety of subjects that include:

Ellington Darden
Dan Riley
John Wood
Hammer Strength
The Cincinnati Reds
Ted Lambrinides
Mixed Martial Arts
Ken Shamrock
Combat/Contact Sport

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An ASAP Exclusive Podcast Interview with Strength Coach Kim Wood....Part One

They say that "a man's home is his castle". OK..... However, today I visited a man's home which was his weightroom! The home has several gyms with in the walls...and an addition that houses another gym. Even while taking care of culinary duties, one can still pump some iron....right there in the kitchen.  Want to go out and sit on the deck? Forget it.... . there's training to be done there, too. That's the way it is when your Kim Wood. He's been involved in strength training and conditioning for decades. Yes, decades.

He started weight training as a youngster, training to become a better wrestler and football player. He then continued his training, behind the scenes, as a running back at the University of Wisconsin in the sixties....long before the fancy weightrooms and training complexes known to today's players.  Later, he worked for Arthur Jones, the legendary designer of the Nautilus machines. In 1975, Kim became one of the first strength coaches of professional football, when he was hired by Paul Brown of the Cincinnati Bengals. During that time, he was also one of the three principals who created the now, world famous, Hammer Strength machines.   He retired from the Bengals after 28 years with the team and was lucky enough to experience two Super Bowls along the way. He crossed paths with coaches Bill "Tiger" Johnson, Forrest Greg, Bill Walsh, Sam Wyche, Dick LeBeau...met with Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler on several occasions, and trained many All-Pro NFL stars.

Recently, he wrote a couple of chapters for Ellington Darden's latest book entitled "The New Bodybuilding for Old School Results".

Coach Wood's son, John Wood, didn't stray far from the strength training background that he grew up around. After his playing days as a University of Michigan football player, John ventured out into his own business  known as Functional Hand Strength. Check out his site for some great strength training equipment and John's blog.

Kim Wood invited Ed Cicale and ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power into his "home" for a podcast interview that was recorded in his "A" framed training gym...slash... weight training museum (see photos). Today, April 20th, we'll post part one.On April 21st, we'll post Part two...then Part Three on April 22nd. Click on the little blue triangle to avoid long download times.  Part_One_Kim_Wood_Podcast  Thanks Kim! 

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Information on Kim Wood's Summer 2011 Strength Clinic